I just have upgraded my cs6 to the new cc-suite. But indesign cc does not work properly on my iMac. Each time I want to make a text frame or work in a text frame in a old ID-file indesign cc crashes. I have some urgent deadlines from different tasks that need to be finished. HELP. Thanks in advance for an answer please.

There are no fonts in my Adobe folders - any of them CS6, CC, 64 bit or 32 bit versions . They're all in Windows Fonts. Do I have to remove those and find the needle in the haystack that CC doesn't like? I'm tempted to forget CC and carry on using CS6 which works without a problem. Why doesn't CC give some error message clue about why it won't run, or better still point to the conflicting file, or at least give some health warning on installation that it could run into problems with fonts and this is a change from CS6?

But... I have no third party plugins. So it looks like there is a problem with plugins built into InDesign CC.

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After that I tried to manipulate with plugins folder.

After renaming the plugins folder and trying to run InDesign CC - I have an error msg that there is no svml_dispmd.dll. Trying to search for that file in other CC's app folders and... every app (but InDesign - of course) has its own svml_dispmd.dll. Maybe that's the point?

After renaming plug-ins folder - there is no crash after splash screen. After the svml_dispmd.dll msg dissapears the app works "almost" fine (no preferences, and I guess - no plugins ).

BUT! There is one, very strange thing. When I renamed all the subfolders inside Plug-Ins folder, and restored the right name to the plugins folder - instead of missing-in-action-svml_dispmd.dll message there is --- surprise --- well-known CRAAAASH.

Thanks for that. It was a font issue for me. I stripped out my fonts and it all worked. Opening key douments and back loading fonts as needed and flagged up by Find Font is working so far, so it is probably one I don't use very much. Loading fonts on a strictly need to be there basis is a good policy in any case, so it has been a useful exercise. I still think some warning of a change in policywith CC which may cause font conflicts would have been good, but that is the downside of the Cloud subscription, updates get pushed to you without supporting documentation, changelogs, or even flagging up what the new features are. Still all is well. Thanks to all here.

This is not a font problem!!! Impossible as the crash happens within 2-4 seconds after selecting the text tool and BEFORE I have had a chance to select a font or even approach the type selection box/tool, etc.

re: This is not a font problem!!! Impossible as the crash happens within 2-4 seconds after selecting the text tool and BEFORE I have had a chance to select a font or even approach the type selection box/tool, etc.

To test it isn't a font problem like I had, bring up the Character Panel (opened - not compact). No need to try and select a font. If it is the same problem it will just crash.